As always, the Dons showed up big on the track at this weekend’s Tri Valley Championships, one of the most competitive meets in the North Coast Section, with 21 athletes qualified for the Meet of Champions next Friday and Saturday at Dublin High School. The top 6 athletes per event at the Tri Valley Championships move on to the Meet…
The boys and girls teams represented very well at the 2-day DAL Championships which concluded Saturday in Moraga. The boys finished T2 and the girls #4 (of 12 competing teams). A number of Acalanes top 10 records were achieved over the two days, including: The Girls 4×100 Relay Team’s (Sophie Chinn, Haley Chelemedos, Olivia Kemp, Isabelle Agnost) win in a…
The Boys track team handily beat the Cougars 83-51 Wednesday, at the last home meet of the year, and while the girls team came up short, the 4×100 relay team of Sophie Chinn, Haley Chelemedos, Cameron Thornton and Isabelle Agnost won vs. the #1 seeded DAL Campo team and broke the 50-second barrier in the 4×100 at 49.80 seconds, a…
It was a cold and windy day, a day you had to fight hard to find success, and in Amin’s honor that is exactly what the team did, the girls beating Northgate 81-53 and the boys winning 91-44. The girls and boys 4×100 relay teams started the meet with victories and Amin’s throwing brothers completed the ‘Amin Sweep’, a 1-2-3…
While some were relaxing on the beach, the Track & Field Dons were busy tearing up tracks all over the Bay Area. At the Stanford Invitational, Illias Kaplanes-Jones started the Dons properly bt taking 4th in the long jump with with a huge PR 22′ 7.75″ leap, moving him up to 5th best in ACA history. Back on the track…
The Lady Dons scorched the Mats 84-47 and Boys won by 85.5-47.5. A feel good sunny Monday, which will be hard to write about since there were so many incredible performances. Some highlights from the meet include: 4×100–The boys A team (Illias Kaplanes Jones, Matthew Schwarz, Jackson Boselli, River Lockwood) won with a speedy 43.35. The B team (Luca Oatham,…
A small and mighty group of Dons jumped, ran and threw impressively Saturday at San Ramon’s annual track and field festival which attracted some of the top regional athletes in the last qualifying event before the Stanford and Arcadia Invitational’s. Senior Haley Chelemedos started the winning ways for the Dons in the morning session, taking 2nd in the long…
On a frigid and windy Wednesday afternoon, with extra support from Mr. Shawn in attendance, the tracksters tore up the track, setting a virtual barrage of PRs and top finishes across events. Ultimately outscored by the depth of Knight’s teams, nobody seemed to care as our athletes were incredible. The girls team started the winning with a victory in the…
The Track & Field team demonstrated that they can compete on a wicked cold Thursday night vs. California San Ramon and Livermore and on a beautiful and sunny day Saturday at the 55th running of Bob Warren Charlie Eaton Invitational with 20 competing teams. The season is early and the girl’s team will receive a welcome inflow the basketball team…
The 2025 Track and Field season began with many outstanding performances as your Dons tracksters hosted San Ramon Valley, Concord, and throwers from Pittsburg and Las Lomas. Congratulations to all of our newcomers who competed for the first time, and welcome to track and field! An extra special congratulations to Haley Chelemedos, who set a new school record, and…
